²⁴ Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him.^(A)

⁵ By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death, and “he was not found, because God had taken him.” For it was attested before he was taken away that “he had pleased God.”^{(A) 6} And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would approach God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

⁷ but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.^(A)

²² Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years and had other sons and daughters.

⁴³ He replied, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”^(A)

¹¹ As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven.^(A)

³⁶ And their father Jacob said to them, “I am the one you have bereaved of children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has happened to me!”^(A)

³⁰ He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone, and I, where can I turn?”^(A)

Elijah Ascends to Heaven

2 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.^(A)